WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.560 --> 00:00:04.719 Golf Smarter number three hundred and forty seven, published on 2 00:00:04.759 --> 00:00:06.960 August twenty one, twenty twelve. 3 00:00:07.240 --> 00:00:12.279 Welcome to Golf Smarter Mulligans, your second chance to gain 4 00:00:12.359 --> 00:00:15.919 insight and advice from the best instructors featured on the 5 00:00:15.919 --> 00:00:21.960 Golf Smarter podcast. Great Golf Instruction Never gets old. Our 6 00:00:22.039 --> 00:00:26.839 interview library features hundreds of hours of game improvement conversations 7 00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:30.480 like this that are no longer available in any podcast app. 8 00:00:30.679 --> 00:00:32.719 When you're out there in the heat, the body's trying 9 00:00:32.719 --> 00:00:36.640 to dissipate the heat, and that's why you sweat when 10 00:00:36.759 --> 00:00:39.479 the humidity is up. And when you combine the heat 11 00:00:39.479 --> 00:00:42.439 and the humidity, it forms the heat index. And I 12 00:00:42.439 --> 00:00:45.320 mean you can have kind of serious days even when 13 00:00:45.320 --> 00:00:48.200 the temperatures are in the upper eighties. If the humidity 14 00:00:48.240 --> 00:00:50.679 is very high, that can raise the heat index to 15 00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:54.520 levels that can be somewhat dangerous. And what happens is 16 00:00:54.600 --> 00:00:57.359 the higher the heat index goes, the tougher it is 17 00:00:57.960 --> 00:01:01.640 for that sweat to evaporate. And when the sweat evaporates, 18 00:01:01.679 --> 00:01:05.000 that's when the body kind of cools itself. So because 19 00:01:05.079 --> 00:01:09.239 that can't happen efficiently, the internal body temperature starts to 20 00:01:09.280 --> 00:01:11.719 go up. And that's when you get into stuff like 21 00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:14.719 I say, the heat cramps, and at some point you 22 00:01:14.799 --> 00:01:18.239 may even stop sweating because the mechanism's shutting down and 23 00:01:18.280 --> 00:01:20.280 you don't want to even get to that point. And 24 00:01:20.319 --> 00:01:22.239 that's why it's important to make sure that you start 25 00:01:22.319 --> 00:01:25.760 drinking early and drink often throughout the round. 26 00:01:33.680 --> 00:01:37.239 Increased focus through hydration and our Short Game Academy. 27 00:01:37.640 --> 00:01:39.319 This is Golf. 28 00:01:39.040 --> 00:01:44.159 Smarter sharing tips and insights from golfers and golf professionals 29 00:01:44.280 --> 00:01:48.200 to help lower your score. It's worked for your host Fred. 30 00:01:47.920 --> 00:01:50.640 Green Hey, Before we get into our interview with Bob 31 00:01:50.760 --> 00:01:53.439 Forman on how to increase your focus through better hydration, 32 00:01:53.760 --> 00:01:56.280 I want to let you know that Golf Smarter is 33 00:01:56.359 --> 00:02:00.200 taking a brief two week hiatus because I'm moving thing. 34 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:02.840 After living and working in this home for more than 35 00:02:02.920 --> 00:02:06.680 twenty years, my wife and I are finally downsizing. So 36 00:02:06.840 --> 00:02:09.919 when I return with a new episode scheduled for the 37 00:02:10.039 --> 00:02:13.439 week of September tenth, we'll either hear more from Bob 38 00:02:13.479 --> 00:02:17.280 Foreman or comedian Paul meyer Hogg talking about his traveling 39 00:02:17.319 --> 00:02:21.520 comedy golf Troup The Hackers. I've also scheduled Jeff Mangum, 40 00:02:21.560 --> 00:02:25.319 recognized as one of the world's foremost putting experts and 41 00:02:25.439 --> 00:02:28.159 the longtime putting guru of golf Smarter to join us 42 00:02:28.159 --> 00:02:30.800 for a couple of shows right after that. I appreciate 43 00:02:30.840 --> 00:02:33.319 your patience and I hope you will continue to download 44 00:02:33.360 --> 00:02:36.280 the show when we come back. Now, Welcome to the 45 00:02:36.280 --> 00:02:38.039 Golf Smarter Podcast, Bob. 46 00:02:37.879 --> 00:02:38.479 Thanks Fred. 47 00:02:38.840 --> 00:02:39.360 How are you. 48 00:02:40.280 --> 00:02:41.039 I'm doing good. 49 00:02:41.599 --> 00:02:46.080 I'm doing well and love to talk about fitness. Golf 50 00:02:46.120 --> 00:02:51.439 fitness seems to be one of those one of those 51 00:02:51.639 --> 00:02:57.039 items in the golfer's bag that gets forgotten about on 52 00:02:57.080 --> 00:02:58.360 a regular basis. 53 00:02:59.080 --> 00:03:02.960 Yeah, definitely, And it's definitely a spoke on the golf 54 00:03:03.800 --> 00:03:06.840 development wheel that a lot of people don't really think about, 55 00:03:06.919 --> 00:03:11.639 don't realize, aren't aware, but it's a significant spoke to 56 00:03:11.879 --> 00:03:14.080 help them better their games. Yeah. 57 00:03:14.520 --> 00:03:17.400 I love that analogy of that metaphor of using it 58 00:03:17.439 --> 00:03:20.639 as a spoke, because you know, part of the wheel 59 00:03:20.719 --> 00:03:22.479 is going to break down if you don't have everything 60 00:03:22.520 --> 00:03:24.759 strong exactly. 61 00:03:24.840 --> 00:03:27.360 I mean, you know, with the skill piece, you know, 62 00:03:27.479 --> 00:03:31.319 the lessons that golfers take, the equipment piece, I mean, 63 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:34.199 those are all important. Those of all especially the equipment 64 00:03:34.240 --> 00:03:37.159 has gotten better over the years. But you know, I 65 00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:41.520 usually correlate that to somebody who goes out and buys 66 00:03:41.520 --> 00:03:44.479 a used car and the car does run all that well, 67 00:03:44.520 --> 00:03:46.560 and goes out and spends a lot of money to 68 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:48.400 put four new tires on it, thinking it's going to 69 00:03:48.439 --> 00:03:51.680 make the car run better, But you're still stuck with 70 00:03:51.759 --> 00:03:54.840 that mechanism that's driving a car, and that's the engine. 71 00:03:55.240 --> 00:03:58.639 In this case, it's the golfer himself. And most golfers 72 00:03:58.639 --> 00:04:01.919 don't realize that it's their own bodies that are holding 73 00:04:01.960 --> 00:04:03.360 them back from better golf. 74 00:04:04.080 --> 00:04:06.479 So let's not assume that people are going to start 75 00:04:06.520 --> 00:04:09.439 losing weight and go on diets just so they can 76 00:04:09.479 --> 00:04:12.439 improve their golf. But you don't have to have the 77 00:04:12.960 --> 00:04:19.800 Tiger Woods type of body, the Olympic style body specimen 78 00:04:19.959 --> 00:04:22.759 to be an efficient golfer, do you. 79 00:04:22.800 --> 00:04:28.439 Oh, No, definitely not. And I think a lot of people, 80 00:04:28.480 --> 00:04:31.439 you know, are kind of reluctant to get into golf 81 00:04:31.480 --> 00:04:35.399 fitness programs because they feel that, you know, geezo, I 82 00:04:35.439 --> 00:04:37.279 got to run a five K do I have to 83 00:04:37.319 --> 00:04:40.560 lift my body weight? And it's really not about that, 84 00:04:40.839 --> 00:04:45.120 and it's really yeah, I mean, it's really about kind 85 00:04:45.120 --> 00:04:49.920 of identifying where the deficiencies are the anatomical deficiencies, the 86 00:04:50.000 --> 00:04:54.360 muscle tightness, the muscle weakness, and the muscle imbalance. And 87 00:04:54.399 --> 00:04:59.759 then once you identify those to target an exercise program 88 00:04:59.800 --> 00:05:03.399 to correct those. And when you do that, you're going 89 00:05:03.439 --> 00:05:07.519 to allow the golfer to move more efficiently and therefore 90 00:05:07.519 --> 00:05:09.360 they're going to be able to swing the better golf club. 91 00:05:10.519 --> 00:05:12.920 So that was my next question is what will the 92 00:05:12.959 --> 00:05:17.519 golfer notice once they start correcting those inefficiencies. 93 00:05:18.600 --> 00:05:21.079 Well, I mean within a relatively short period of time, 94 00:05:21.959 --> 00:05:26.040 within six weeks, four to six weeks. Really, it really 95 00:05:26.040 --> 00:05:30.319 depends on how consistent they are with the program. I mean, obviously, 96 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:32.199 if they're not going to do it, they're not going 97 00:05:32.240 --> 00:05:33.920 to see results. I mean, you've got to put a 98 00:05:33.959 --> 00:05:37.519 little effort into this. You know, in the society that 99 00:05:37.560 --> 00:05:41.160 we're in where everybody wants it yesterday, you know, it 100 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:44.360 takes a little effort. But if they stay pretty consistent 101 00:05:44.439 --> 00:05:47.199 with their programs, like I say, in a relatively short 102 00:05:47.240 --> 00:05:50.480 period of time, they're going to feel more flexibility, they're 103 00:05:50.519 --> 00:05:53.480 going to have more range of motion, they're going to 104 00:05:53.519 --> 00:05:57.480 be making better ball contact distance and we all know 105 00:05:57.759 --> 00:06:00.920 distance is still king in golf. They're going to be 106 00:06:00.959 --> 00:06:03.079 able to get down the fairway another ten to fifteen 107 00:06:03.120 --> 00:06:05.079 twenty yards. I mean, even some of the eighty year 108 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:08.360 olds that I'm working with in a relatively short period 109 00:06:08.360 --> 00:06:10.720 of time, they come back all exciting the fact that 110 00:06:10.759 --> 00:06:14.439 they're now, you know, starting to drive the ball past 111 00:06:14.480 --> 00:06:18.360 their other golfing buddies. So I mean, you're going to 112 00:06:18.560 --> 00:06:21.360 find these results fairly quickly, and it really all depends 113 00:06:21.399 --> 00:06:23.680 on your compliance with the exercise. 114 00:06:23.199 --> 00:06:27.120 Program, right right. I don't want to correct anything you're saying. 115 00:06:27.160 --> 00:06:30.959 But here at Golf Smarter, we're more focused. We're not 116 00:06:31.040 --> 00:06:36.240 focused on distance. We're focused more on accuracy. Like we 117 00:06:36.439 --> 00:06:38.839 like to say, I would much rather have ten feet 118 00:06:38.879 --> 00:06:43.680 closer than ten yards farther any day, you know so, 119 00:06:44.720 --> 00:06:48.600 But so it's beyond that. I didn't want to say, well, 120 00:06:48.639 --> 00:06:51.199 I mean, everybody loves distance, but come on, folks, get 121 00:06:51.240 --> 00:06:51.560 over it. 122 00:06:53.439 --> 00:06:56.480 But I mean, you know, the other thing is if 123 00:06:56.519 --> 00:07:00.399 you have deficiencies, and if you combine those with poor 124 00:07:00.439 --> 00:07:04.639 swing mechanics. In a lot of instances, the anatomical deficiencies 125 00:07:04.680 --> 00:07:09.000 are causing those poor swing mechanics. In some cases it's 126 00:07:09.040 --> 00:07:13.000 just bad habits. But when you combine those two, the 127 00:07:13.279 --> 00:07:16.800 inconsistency of which you're swinging the golf club is not 128 00:07:16.879 --> 00:07:20.240 going to afford you the accuracy that you talk about 129 00:07:20.279 --> 00:07:23.160 and or the distance. So once you get into a 130 00:07:23.240 --> 00:07:28.079 program in you start correcting those deficiencies, your ball contact 131 00:07:28.160 --> 00:07:29.519 is going to improve tremendously. 132 00:07:32.040 --> 00:07:34.839 And I want to establish that you don't come to 133 00:07:35.000 --> 00:07:41.399 this as a PGA certified instructor. You give us a 134 00:07:41.399 --> 00:07:43.800 little of your history so we can establish your credibility 135 00:07:43.800 --> 00:07:45.560 on why we're talking about fitness with you. 136 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:50.279 Well, I have a master's degree in exercise physiology, which 137 00:07:50.319 --> 00:07:54.800 means I studied the effects of exercise on the body. 138 00:07:55.360 --> 00:07:57.839 And I've been in the fitness field for just over 139 00:07:57.920 --> 00:08:03.000 thirty years, a lot with people with low back issues, 140 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:07.120 and I mean with golf gosh, I mean, that's number 141 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:11.439 one in terms of injury. So that's helped me work 142 00:08:11.759 --> 00:08:13.759 with a lot of golfers to get them back out 143 00:08:13.800 --> 00:08:16.959 on the golf course. And then back in two thousand 144 00:08:17.000 --> 00:08:19.439 and six went down to the World Golf Fitness Summit 145 00:08:19.519 --> 00:08:23.720 that was presented by the titleist performance folks Greig Rose 146 00:08:23.759 --> 00:08:28.000 and Dave Phillips, and the three day workshop was phenomenal. 147 00:08:28.160 --> 00:08:30.720 I mean, it was one of those wow moments. And 148 00:08:30.720 --> 00:08:34.480 I think Golf Week magazine even said this now has 149 00:08:34.600 --> 00:08:38.879 become golf's new obsession, and it basically changed the game overnight, 150 00:08:39.240 --> 00:08:41.759 and you know, it introduced a whole new spoke of 151 00:08:41.799 --> 00:08:45.559 the wheels we talked about. And so I came back 152 00:08:45.799 --> 00:08:48.600 and I run a medical fitness center in North Carolina 153 00:08:49.360 --> 00:08:52.240 and started a little golf fitness academy and putting some 154 00:08:52.279 --> 00:08:55.480 of those the things that we learned to practice, and 155 00:08:55.559 --> 00:08:57.960 I was seeing that these people that were coming through 156 00:08:57.960 --> 00:09:01.840 the program were coming back with some real positive feedback. 157 00:09:02.519 --> 00:09:06.519 So I went back and got certified with TPI, and 158 00:09:07.039 --> 00:09:12.200 I've also have gotten certifications through Flexor, which is a 159 00:09:12.279 --> 00:09:18.039 neuromuscular type program for golf brain body type connection. And 160 00:09:18.080 --> 00:09:20.559 then I've also studied a lot of Gary Gray stuff, 161 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:23.919 who has now affiliated himself with Nike, and Gary does 162 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:27.360 movement science, sees up I believe in Michigan does a 163 00:09:27.360 --> 00:09:32.840 lot with biomechanics and phenomenal stuff. So I mean, it's 164 00:09:33.000 --> 00:09:35.960 real good stuff. I love it my passion and I 165 00:09:36.159 --> 00:09:39.519 just love to see golfers improve. And my biggest thrill 166 00:09:39.600 --> 00:09:41.679 is getting people back out on the golf course who 167 00:09:41.720 --> 00:09:42.360 have been injured. 168 00:09:44.080 --> 00:09:46.840 You brought up lower back issues, and I've talked about that. 169 00:09:46.879 --> 00:09:50.200 We've talked about TPI a lot. I've actually had many 170 00:09:50.559 --> 00:09:53.879 TPI instructors from all over the United States on the 171 00:09:53.879 --> 00:09:57.440 Golf Smarter podcast and just fascinated by what they bring 172 00:09:57.519 --> 00:10:00.639 to the table. But when you talk about lower back issues, 173 00:10:01.960 --> 00:10:06.039 I'm someone who has suffered from that and have tried 174 00:10:06.080 --> 00:10:09.799 to do pilates and yoga, and I do yoga on 175 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:15.279 a regular basis. But what I've found personally is that 176 00:10:16.200 --> 00:10:20.879 my biggest issues are sitting because I basically sit at 177 00:10:20.879 --> 00:10:25.639 my desk doing computer work all day and sleeping, and 178 00:10:25.879 --> 00:10:29.759 I have more pain in the morning when I wake 179 00:10:29.840 --> 00:10:32.720 up before I do my stretching exercises than I do 180 00:10:32.759 --> 00:10:36.440 it any other time. And also I've noticed that after 181 00:10:36.480 --> 00:10:39.559 I finished a round of golf, I feel better. It's 182 00:10:39.679 --> 00:10:42.559 to me, it's it's not golf that's wiping out my back. 183 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:46.440 You know, it's not the the left to right lateral 184 00:10:46.519 --> 00:10:49.200 movement that that's hurting me. It's the you know, the 185 00:10:49.240 --> 00:10:52.159 bad position in bed and on my chair. And I've 186 00:10:52.200 --> 00:10:54.120 even spent a lot of money on chairs. 187 00:10:54.600 --> 00:10:56.840 Yeah yeah, yeah, Well, I mean, I mean there's two 188 00:10:56.879 --> 00:11:01.559 things that general lead up to discomfort or injury, and 189 00:11:01.840 --> 00:11:05.240 low back is very prevalent obviously across the board. I 190 00:11:05.279 --> 00:11:08.519 mean with all types of golfers, amateurs, professionals alike, men 191 00:11:08.559 --> 00:11:14.519 and women, And I mean physically, there are specific deficiencies 192 00:11:14.519 --> 00:11:17.600 in the muscle groups. Like mostly in guys, it deals 193 00:11:17.639 --> 00:11:20.720 with tight hamstrings. You know, can you touch your toes 194 00:11:21.000 --> 00:11:24.080 and if you can't, it means your hamstrings are tight. 195 00:11:24.120 --> 00:11:27.039 And that's one of the biggest factories that lead up 196 00:11:27.039 --> 00:11:30.320 to bad backs because of the relationship that the hamstrings 197 00:11:30.360 --> 00:11:32.960 have to the hip bone, and then how it pulls 198 00:11:32.960 --> 00:11:37.519 the hip bone out of balance and that causes a 199 00:11:37.679 --> 00:11:40.960 straightening of the lumbar spine and that puts more pressure 200 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:42.600 on the disks and so on and so on and 201 00:11:42.600 --> 00:11:46.639 so on. And women we tend to see more tightness 202 00:11:46.679 --> 00:11:48.840 in the hip flexors, which are muscles in the front 203 00:11:48.879 --> 00:11:51.840 part of the hip, and that kind of does the reverse. 204 00:11:51.919 --> 00:11:54.720 It pulls the hip forward and causes more arching of 205 00:11:54.759 --> 00:11:56.799 the lower back. And you see a lot of s 206 00:11:56.879 --> 00:12:02.080 posture type address positions in women when they're standing over 207 00:12:02.120 --> 00:12:07.080 the ball. It's more prevalent in women. Those two can 208 00:12:08.039 --> 00:12:11.879 physically cause problems with the lower back. Now, When you 209 00:12:11.919 --> 00:12:18.720 combine that with swing faults like reverse spine, like early extension, 210 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:22.080 where the hips are moving towards the ball, like s posture, 211 00:12:22.080 --> 00:12:26.559 as we talked about, that's a perfect storm for back issues. 212 00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:30.399 And it's kind of interesting how you talked about sitting. 213 00:12:30.399 --> 00:12:33.759 Excuse me, I wrote a whole article and I've got 214 00:12:33.759 --> 00:12:36.840 this whole workshop about the anatomy of a sitter and 215 00:12:36.879 --> 00:12:40.559 how sitting impacts your golf game because when you sit, 216 00:12:41.120 --> 00:12:43.840 the body adapts to the positions that you place it 217 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:47.440 in most of the time. And we're seeing a lot 218 00:12:47.440 --> 00:12:50.519 of sea posture these days, even in younger golfers. I mean, 219 00:12:50.559 --> 00:12:52.559 it used to be kind of an old golfers disease. 220 00:12:53.279 --> 00:12:54.879 You know, as you got older, you just tended to 221 00:12:55.080 --> 00:12:58.240 kind of lose your posture and you got a little 222 00:12:58.240 --> 00:13:01.799 more bode in the upper back, and so you would 223 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:04.799 kind of hunch over the ball. But we're seeing that 224 00:13:04.919 --> 00:13:07.960 now a lot with younger golfers because of the computer 225 00:13:08.440 --> 00:13:12.559 and being over the computer all day and when you 226 00:13:12.600 --> 00:13:15.559 sit over a computer, and the same thing with dentists. 227 00:13:15.600 --> 00:13:19.240 I mean, all my dentists have ce posture because they're 228 00:13:19.519 --> 00:13:22.879 hunched over their patients. So what happens there is you 229 00:13:22.919 --> 00:13:25.559 tighten the muscles in the front part of the body, 230 00:13:25.559 --> 00:13:28.879 in the chest area. You elongate the muscles in the 231 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:32.159 upper back. And when you shorten muscles, you tighten, and 232 00:13:32.200 --> 00:13:35.159 when you elongate, you weaken, So you start to get 233 00:13:35.159 --> 00:13:38.279 that rounded shoulder posture and you take that out on 234 00:13:38.320 --> 00:13:41.639 the golf course. In the lower body, when you sit, 235 00:13:42.279 --> 00:13:46.440 you basically shorten your hamstrings and you shorten your hip flexers, 236 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:51.279 So there's the dynamic two. You also elongate your gluts, 237 00:13:51.320 --> 00:13:55.120 which are your butt muscles, and that's really where you 238 00:13:55.120 --> 00:13:57.080 get a lot of power from in the golf swing, 239 00:13:57.320 --> 00:13:59.519 and you shorten the quad muscles in the front part 240 00:13:59.519 --> 00:14:03.159 of your thigh. So the fact that you're tightening your 241 00:14:03.200 --> 00:14:06.240 hip flexers and your and your hamstrings are going to 242 00:14:06.279 --> 00:14:09.639 set you up anatomically for back issues. And then when 243 00:14:09.639 --> 00:14:11.679 you go out there and start swinging the golf club, 244 00:14:12.240 --> 00:14:15.600 you know, in many cases that can add too. In 245 00:14:15.639 --> 00:14:18.879 your case, it's probably loosening you up. So you're feeling 246 00:14:18.919 --> 00:14:21.360 a little bit better after the after the golf game, 247 00:14:21.399 --> 00:14:23.840 but at some point that may come back to bite you. 248 00:14:23.879 --> 00:14:28.159 Oh it does, it's not. At some point. It's a 249 00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:32.519 regular thing. I also have noticed that when I remember 250 00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:37.960 to lower no, to quiet my lower body on my swing, 251 00:14:38.080 --> 00:14:41.360 because I've I've had an issue with the sway left 252 00:14:41.399 --> 00:14:43.559 and right sway on my swing. But when I remember 253 00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:46.919 to quiet my lower body those rounds, I feel much 254 00:14:46.960 --> 00:14:49.519 better as well than in my back. 255 00:14:50.360 --> 00:14:54.440 Yeah, And you know, talking about Gary Gray, he has 256 00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:58.279 this thing. A lot of times. We find tightness in 257 00:14:58.320 --> 00:15:03.759 the mid back and the thoracic spot and the same 258 00:15:03.799 --> 00:15:05.679 thing again because a lot of people sit and they're 259 00:15:05.720 --> 00:15:09.919 hunched over stuff or just from inactivity, and when you're 260 00:15:09.960 --> 00:15:11.519 tight in the mid back, and again I see this 261 00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:15.000 a lot. What happens is rotation in the upper body 262 00:15:15.039 --> 00:15:18.000 is supposed to come mainly from the thoracic spine the 263 00:15:18.039 --> 00:15:20.559 mid back, not the lower back. A lot of people 264 00:15:20.600 --> 00:15:22.879 think that their rotation is going to come from their 265 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:26.480 lower back, and the lower back really is geared more 266 00:15:26.639 --> 00:15:30.840 for flextion front to back, and it's more geared for stability, 267 00:15:30.919 --> 00:15:34.600 not mobility. So when your mid back is tight and 268 00:15:34.639 --> 00:15:37.639 you're bringing the club back, it's only going to go 269 00:15:37.720 --> 00:15:39.559 back so far. In order for you to get the 270 00:15:39.559 --> 00:15:42.799 club back further, you're going to have to recruit the 271 00:15:42.879 --> 00:15:45.919 lower back and again, the lower back just doesn't like that. 272 00:15:46.080 --> 00:15:50.159 So over time, that's just going to put stress to 273 00:15:50.200 --> 00:15:51.919 the lower back and that's going to add to the 274 00:15:51.960 --> 00:15:54.639 issues as well. So that's still a whole nother component 275 00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:56.039 that you have to consider. 276 00:15:56.320 --> 00:16:04.080 Sure, very interesting. You tell me about you You said 277 00:16:04.159 --> 00:16:06.639 articles you you have articles online that you've written about 278 00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:07.399 these topics. 279 00:16:07.799 --> 00:16:10.120 Yeah. I've put together a kind of an educational golf 280 00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:13.559 fitness website. So there's a bunch of articles on there, 281 00:16:13.840 --> 00:16:17.320 again based on my experiences working in the fitness field, 282 00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:19.600 and uh, you know, just the stuff that I've learned 283 00:16:19.600 --> 00:16:23.759 through TPI and through Gary Gray and through the Flexor program. 284 00:16:24.080 --> 00:16:26.919 And it's at can I mention the website? 285 00:16:27.039 --> 00:16:30.039 No, no, don't do that, all right now you can. 286 00:16:31.960 --> 00:16:33.600 It's the w w W. 287 00:16:33.919 --> 00:16:35.720 No, it's not. There's no doubt. You don't need that anymore. 288 00:16:35.840 --> 00:16:37.639 Go ahead, Oh you know, yeah, you really don't. 289 00:16:38.799 --> 00:16:43.960 Golf golffit Carolina dot com. There's one F and one T, 290 00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:46.600 so it's like golf it Carolina. 291 00:16:46.840 --> 00:16:53.600 Oh, I'm glad you you clarified that. Golfit Carolina le 292 00:16:53.879 --> 00:16:58.039 f I T Carolina dot com. Okay, golf it Carolina 293 00:16:58.559 --> 00:17:00.799 dot com. And I will definitely put links in our 294 00:17:00.799 --> 00:17:03.200 show notes as well, so that people just get into 295 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:05.480 golf Smarter dot com and they go right to it, 296 00:17:05.640 --> 00:17:08.319 or go ahead, go to golf a Carolina dot com. 297 00:17:08.359 --> 00:17:17.240 Just make sure you say golf it. So the article 298 00:17:17.279 --> 00:17:22.039 that you wrote that I read that, I just like, 299 00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:25.799 of course, why aren't we talking about this is about hydration, 300 00:17:26.119 --> 00:17:31.519 is about making sure that when it's hot outside and 301 00:17:31.559 --> 00:17:34.640 you're playing, that you take care of yourself. Let's let's 302 00:17:34.640 --> 00:17:35.680 talk about that for a minute. 303 00:17:36.160 --> 00:17:40.039 M Yeah, I mean, uh, you know, with the summer here, 304 00:17:40.799 --> 00:17:42.279 you know, one of the things that a lot of 305 00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:44.759 people don't think about is the heat and the humidity 306 00:17:45.119 --> 00:17:48.599 and being down south there. And actually just kind of 307 00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:52.000 you know, with the PGA event that just took place 308 00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:56.279 at Kiwa, you know, made me think about what the 309 00:17:56.359 --> 00:17:58.839 golfers were going to face out there, especially being a 310 00:17:58.880 --> 00:18:03.200 little further south and you know, in the environment, and 311 00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:05.480 how much it can take a toll out of your 312 00:18:05.519 --> 00:18:10.240 game if you're not really prepared to play in that environment. 313 00:18:10.720 --> 00:18:13.119 So you know, that kind of led me to write 314 00:18:13.119 --> 00:18:16.960 the article. But it's really key to get yourself to 315 00:18:17.039 --> 00:18:19.799 acclimate to the weather conditions, whether it be the heat 316 00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:23.000 and humanity or the cold so that your body can 317 00:18:23.400 --> 00:18:27.119 function more efficiently, but especially I think in more of 318 00:18:27.160 --> 00:18:29.920 the warmer environments where it really kind of takes a 319 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:32.880 toll and and your golf game can suffer if you 320 00:18:32.960 --> 00:18:37.160 if you're not prepared to play in those conditions, or 321 00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:41.319 if you don't kind of plan for you know, keeping 322 00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:45.400 hydrated and stuff like that. And like I say, you'll suffer, 323 00:18:47.240 --> 00:18:48.079 not fun. 324 00:18:48.079 --> 00:18:51.839 No describe suffer. I mean what are we talking about 325 00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:54.000 here that you're not going to make it through your round? 326 00:18:54.079 --> 00:18:57.640 Or when you say suffer, what are you thinking of? 327 00:18:58.279 --> 00:19:00.839 Well, I mean getting into things like you know, heat 328 00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:06.039 cramps and heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Not fun stuff. 329 00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:12.759 I mean hydration is key, and even small percentages of 330 00:19:12.839 --> 00:19:17.240 dehydration can really have an impact on the way you function, 331 00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:25.079 the muscle contractions, the brain, body nerve pathway and the 332 00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:29.799 function you know, the way that functions. Uh So, I 333 00:19:29.839 --> 00:19:34.400 mean hydration is vital when you're out there, especially when 334 00:19:34.400 --> 00:19:39.960 you're trying to perform an activity, because that what happens 335 00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:42.400 is it kind of takes the fluid out of the blood, 336 00:19:42.400 --> 00:19:45.440 and your blood becomes very discussed and then that causes 337 00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:47.920 your heart to work harder and that can lead to 338 00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:52.039 some you know, more serious stuff that you don't want 339 00:19:52.039 --> 00:19:55.200 to have to happen. So it's important to make sure 340 00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:59.359 that you're drinking water. And really that's that's the best 341 00:19:59.359 --> 00:20:01.440 thing that you can that you can drink while you're 342 00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:05.519 outside in an activity is just plain old water. If 343 00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:08.839 you tend to sweat a lot, you know, that's the 344 00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:12.400 time to maybe start reaching for an electrolyte replacement drink 345 00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:15.240 to help get some of the minerals the potassium and 346 00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:18.799 the magnesium, the calcium and other essential minerals back into 347 00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:21.160 your system that you're going to lose through your sweat. 348 00:20:21.839 --> 00:20:24.160 But it can really make or break your game. 349 00:20:27.559 --> 00:20:30.640 Yeah, I mean, I think that for me when I've 350 00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:33.799 I've had the situation where the wheels fall off the wagon. 351 00:20:33.839 --> 00:20:35.559 You know, you get to the fifteen sixteenth hole and 352 00:20:35.559 --> 00:20:38.000 all of a sudden, nothing is working and you're starting 353 00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:42.559 to ache and everything is bad. I've found that when 354 00:20:42.599 --> 00:20:47.920 I hydrate throughout my round that that happens a lot less. 355 00:20:49.440 --> 00:20:51.160 Yeah. I mean, you know, when you're out there in 356 00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:54.240 the heat, the body's trying to dissipate the heat, and 357 00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:59.000 that's why you sweat. When the humidity is up, and 358 00:20:59.119 --> 00:21:01.799 when you combine the heat and the humidity, it forms 359 00:21:01.839 --> 00:21:05.440 the heat index. And I mean you can have kind 360 00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:07.960 of serious days even when the temperatures are in the 361 00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:11.640 upper eighties. If the humidity is very high, that can 362 00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:15.759 raise the heat index to levels that can be somewhat dangerous. 363 00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:18.920 And what happens is the higher the heat index goes, 364 00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:23.480 the tougher it is for that sweat to evaporate. And 365 00:21:23.559 --> 00:21:26.640 when the sweat evaporates, that's when the body kind of 366 00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:31.880 cools itself. So because that can't happen efficiently, the internal 367 00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:34.960 body temperature starts to go up, and that's when you 368 00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:37.880 get into stuff like I say, the heat cramps. And 369 00:21:38.079 --> 00:21:41.160 at some point, you know, you may even stop sweating 370 00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:44.279 because the mechanism is shutting down, and you know you can. 371 00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:46.839 You don't want to even get to that point, and 372 00:21:46.880 --> 00:21:48.839 that's why it's important to make sure that you start 373 00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:53.839 drinking early and drink often throughout the round. I mean. 374 00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:56.599 The other thing that you can also do to prepare 375 00:21:56.640 --> 00:22:01.559 yourself is nowadays, you know, with the sweat wicking materials 376 00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:05.000 that are coming out, you know, polyester's making a comeback 377 00:22:06.640 --> 00:22:11.839 through the sweat wicking apparel, and that helps draw that 378 00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:15.279 moisture away from the body and helps to dissipate it 379 00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:18.839 into the environment so that it can keep you cooler 380 00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:22.119 while you're playing around the golf. So that's definitely an 381 00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:26.799 advantage that we have nowadays that you know, is popular 382 00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:31.000 and will probably continue to gain popularity as the science 383 00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:32.359 gets better in that regards. 384 00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:35.960 So, even if you do sweat a lot, having the 385 00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:40.160 sweat stay on your body is bad as opposed to 386 00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:42.319 it dissipating through the wicking material. 387 00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:45.079 Yeah, the reason you sweat is that you want to 388 00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:48.279 be able to have that sweat evaporate, and when it does, 389 00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:51.759 it cools the body. Okay, So it does that through 390 00:22:51.880 --> 00:22:55.160 various processes. You know, the wind. If there's a wind 391 00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:58.599 that's whipping around, that helps draw heat away from the body. 392 00:22:58.960 --> 00:23:02.920 The sweat that rating helps draw heat away from the body. 393 00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:06.680 So if that heat index, especially when the humidity goes 394 00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:10.440 up and the moisture in the air is higher than 395 00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:15.759 the moisture on your skin, then the evaporation rate decreases, 396 00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:19.640 so the sweat basically just stays on your skin instead 397 00:23:19.640 --> 00:23:24.200 of getting evaporated, and that's when the cooling mechanism tends 398 00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:28.440 to become compromised to the point where you can get 399 00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:30.200 into those those heat disorders. 400 00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:32.599 Okay, I'm gonna throw out a couple words here and 401 00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:35.240